Civil Services Prep

There is a clear acknowledgement that Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are a tool for industrial development, manufacturing and exports. Recognising this potential, the whole instrumentality of SEZs requires augmentation. Discuss the issue plaguing the success of SEZs with respect to taxation, governing laws and administration.

Model answer

  1. “Success of Make in India program depends on the success of Skill India programme and radical labour reforms.” Discuss with logical arguments. 12.5 marks
  2. Human right activists constantly highlight the fact that the Armed forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) is a draconian act leading to cases of human right abuses by security forces. What sections of AFSPA are opposed by the activists. Critically evaluate the requirement with reference to the view held by Apex Court. 12.5 marks
  3. What are the impediments in marketing and supply chain management in developing the food processing industry in India? Can e-commerce help in overcoming this bottleneck? 12.5 marks
  4. Discuss the Namami Gange and National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) programmes and causes of mixed results from the previous schemes. What quantum leaps can help preserve the river Ganga better than incremental inputs? 12.5 marks
  5. In what way could the replacement of price subsidy with direct benefit Transfer (DBT) change the scenario of subsidies in India? Discuss. 12.5 marks
  6. Discuss the advantage and security implication of cloud hosting of servers vis-a-vis in house machine based hosting for government business. 12.5 marks